Robert Langdon, while at the U.S. Capital Building, finds an object encoded with five symbols, which is an ancient invitation to usher its recipient into a long-lost world of esoteric wisdom. When Langdon's belived mentor, Peter Solomon, is kidnapped, he realizes his only hope of saving Peter is to accept this mystical invitation and follow wherever it leads him. Langdon is instantly plunged into a clandestine world of Masonic secrets, hidden history, and never-before-seen locations - all of which seem to be dragging him toward a single, inconceivable truth.
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The Supreme Council of Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction (NMJ) governs the Rite in fifteen states, roughly north of the Mason-Dixon line and east of the Mis- sissippi. It is headquartered in Lexington, ...
Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology, arrives at the ultramodern Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend the unveiling of a discovery that “will change the face of science forever.” The evening’s host is Edmond Kirsch, a forty ...
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Finally, a scene representing agriculture shows the goddess Ceres sitting on the mechanical reaper designed by Cyrus McCormick, while the goddess Flora gathers flowers in the foreground. Robert Langdon is fascinated by the juxtaposition ...
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